horrifying

英 [ˈhɒrɪfaɪɪŋ]

美 [ˈhɔːrɪfaɪɪŋ]

adj.  令人极其震惊的(或厌恶的、恐惧的)
v.  惊吓; 使厌恶; 恐吓
horrify的现在分词

现在分词：horrifying　

Collins.1 / BNC.14355 / COCA.11437

牛津词典

adj.

• 令人极其震惊的（或厌恶的、恐惧的）
  making you feel extremely shocked, disgusted or frightened
  1. a horrifying sight/experience/story
     恐怖的景象 / 经历 / 故事
  2. It's horrifying to see such poverty.
     看到这种贫困状况令人震惊。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 使感到震惊;使毛骨悚然;使产生反感
  If someoneis horrified, they feel shocked or disgusted, usually because of something that they have seen or heard.
  1. His family were horrified by the change.
     他的家人对这一变化感到震惊。
  2. ...a crime trend that will horrify all parents.
     会让所有父母感到毛骨悚然的犯罪趋势

双语例句

• He went to great pains to show how horrifying the war was.
  他极力指出战争是多么的恐怖。
• He backed this up with a few horrifying anecdotes.
  他举出几件骇人的轶闻来证实这一点。
• At first sight these school buses may look horrifying, like miniature cattle wagons full of children.
  在印度乍一看这些校车看起来触目惊心，像微型车的牛儿童充分。
• At the same time, even a horrifying explanation may be less frightening than inexplicable death.
  同时，即使死亡原因的惊人解释也比无来由的死较少令人恐惧。
• The horrifying reality menacingly produce a feeling that the milieu is so bleak, plunging me into endless loneliness.
  可怕的现实使我产生了一种威胁的感觉，氛围是如此黯淡，致使我感到无尽的孤独。
• A sensation of sheer and utter happiness that nothing not even bad news or a horrifying event or tragedy can change.
  一个纯粹的改变感觉和完全的幸福，没有什么，甚至没有一个坏消息或恐怖事件或悲剧可以。
• Two family members had been taken from us in one horrifying act, one that would never have happened had we not kept Nina.
  我们在一场可怕的事件中失去了两个家庭成员，而如果我们没有收养妮娜，这件事就不可能发生。
• And it is horrifying to see the cruelty happening while we are working so hard to change it.
  而且当我们在努力改变狗狗的境遇的同时还能发生这样残忍的事情是很可怕的。
• The possibility of war is too horrifying to contemplate.
  战争的可能性太可怕了，真不堪细想。
• It is horrifying to think that students graduate without a thorough understanding of the subject matter.
  想到学生对主题没有透彻地理解就毕业了是令人震惊的。